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  • News from West Bengal | 14 Feb, 2026 | ২ ফাল্গুন, ১৪৩২
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  • KMC budget focuses on roads, water in poll year

    Kolkata: Months before the assembly polls, mayor Firhad Hakim on Friday placed a Rs 111 crore deficit budget, in which KMC stressed the development of the city's infrastructure, prioritising road improvement and cleanliness, water supply and drainage. For the ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    BMC promises better, well-lit roads, improved water supply

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday placed its budget proposal for 2026-27, increasing allocation for various civic amenities, with a focus on roads, drainage and sewerage system, street lights, solid waste management and filtered water supply.BMC was ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    100 cr for sweeping machines to fight winter air pollution

    Kolkata: To fight air pollution in winter, KMC on Friday announced the allocation of around Rs 100 crore to the solid waste management department to buy self-propelled road-sweeping machines, battery-operated mechanical sweepers, litter-sucking machines and water sprinklers in its ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    SL stadium ready for action first time since Messi mess

    Kolkata: As live action returns to Vivekananda Yuvabharati Krirangan in Salt Lake on Saturday with the opening ceremony of the Indian Super League and the inaugural clash between defending champions Mohun Bagan Super Giant and Kerala Blasters FC, the ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    Diarrhoea, vomiting lay kids, seniors low as viral stomach flu sweeps Kol

    Kolkata: An outbreak of viral gastroenteritis triggered by rotavirus and norovirus has laid hundreds low across Kolkata over the last one week, with symptoms mimicking severe diarrhoea or food poisoning. For most, it is starting with loose motions, followed ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    Influencer dials 100 after assault on Setu

    Kolkata: A 28-year-old female influencer and her male friend were allegedly subjected to road rage, verbal abuse, and threats by four bikers for more than 40 minutes on Vidyasagar Setu after a minor collision, prompting the woman to seek ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    App-biker harasses doc for not paying more than displayed fare

    Kolkata: A 30-year-old woman from Shibpur, a doctor, alleged that an app-bike rider abused and intimidated her, and later sent vulgar messages after she refused to pay Rs 20 more than the fare shown on the app. The complainant ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    10.5k techies, visitors evacuated after fire breaks out at Sec V pub

    Kolkata: Around 10,500 employees and visitors from more than 100 offices and 40 restaurants operating in a commercial complex in Sector V were evacuated on Friday evening after a fire broke out at a gothic-themed pub, triggering panic and ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    A rose with a story: Make love bloom with ‘Op Sindoor’ variety this V-Day

    Kharagpur: Ahead of the Pahalgam incident anniversary, the Army has named a red rose variety as ‘Operation Sindoor' during the Valentine's week as a symbol of bravery and indomitable spirit.The hybrid variety of the flower was cultivated at Pushpanjali ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    Rose price shoots up to 100 a piece

    Kolkata: The high demand for roses in the run-up to Valentine's Day has doubled the prices of the flower. While the price of Bangalore roses shot up from Rs 40 to Rs 80-100 per piece, the price of local ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    BNP wins but border districts in Bangladesh vote for Jamaat

    Kolkata: Although BNP has secured a decisive victory over the hardline Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh's elections, the latter has won multiple seats in constituencies along the Indian border — mirroring BJP's gains in border districts during the 2021 Bengal assembly ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    Couple drinks poison before V-Day, 1 dead

    Kolkata: A youth in Bagdah died after drinking poison with his girlfriend, a minor, on Friday. The girl is in hospital. The girl's family had opposed the match. "They met in a field ahead of Valentine's Day, the boy ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    Lankan sailor falls off ship in Hooghly, body found

    Kolkata: The body of a Sri Lankan crew member of a Singapore-bound container vessel was pulled out of the Hooghly on Friday evening after he reportedly jumped into the water near Netaji Subhas Dock. Cops said the victim was ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    Queues on penultimate day to avoid last-min hearing rush

    Kolkata: The eve of the last hearing day for the SIR of electoral rolls saw crowds of anxious electors queueing up at hearing centres to protect their voting rights. Even as the SIR hearing concluded in most of the ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    Hope for tourism revival in Kol’s mini-Bangla

    Kolkata: Hope and relief swept through central Kolkata's "mini Bangladesh" on Friday as news came in that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secured a two-thirds majority in the Feb 12 general elections.In the narrow lanes of Marquis Street, Free ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    Voter missing, abduction cuffs on BLO

    Kolkata: A 48-year-old BLO has been arrested on Friday for allegedly abducting a voter at Baduria in North 24 Parganas. Another person, identified as Sagar Gayen, has also been taken into custody in connection with the incident.The arrested BLO ...

    14 February 2026 Times of India
    Puppy beaten with stick, stuffed in sack in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri; FIR registered

    KOLKATA: Police have registered an FIR following complaints against two people who cruelly injured a puppy, stuffed it into a sack, and moved it from the Senpara area of Jalpaiguri. The complaint was filed by local activist Krishnayan Dasgupta, ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    IIT Kharagpur set to offer 4-year BTech in biomedical engineering

    KOLKATA: IIT Kharagpur is set to introduce a four-year BTech programme in biomedical engineering in the upcoming academic season to create “a new class of professionals fluent in engineering rigour, clinical insight and translational impact”.Students will be screened through ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Visva-Bharati to build cowshed for strays on campus: VC

    KOLKATA: Visva-Bharati is setting up a cowshed at Sriniketan, a neighbourhood adjacent to Santiniketan that houses several departments of the university, to shelter stray cows roaming the streets of the township.“The plan to have a shed for cows has ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    65-yr-old found dead at Salt Lake home

    Kolkata: The decomposed body of a 65-year-old man living alone in Salt Lake was recovered from his residence on Thursday morning after neighbours alerted police about his absence since Tuesday and a foul smell emanating from the house.Police identified ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Vande Mataram’ circular aims to demean Tagore and not glorify its creator, says TMC

    Kolkata: Bengal education minister Bratya Basu on Thursday said the Centre's ‘Vande Mataram' circular was not aimed at glorifying it or its creator Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, but was more aimed at demeaning and belittling Rabindranath Tagore."We (Trinamool) were very ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Purulia worker’s Pune murder a barbaric hate crime: Mamata

    Kolkata/Purulia: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the death of a 24-year-old migrant worker from Purulia in Pune was a hate crime, with the victim "hunted, tortured and murdered for his language, identity and roots". The Bengal govt ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    SPL returns 42 acres Uttarpara land to Bengal govt

    Kolkata: Shriram Properties Limited (SPL), a leading mid-market and mid-premium residential developer, through its subsidiary Bengal Shriram Hitech City, amicably resolved its long-pending commercial dispute with the state govt by returning 42 acres of land in Uttarpara.Shriram bought the ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘State to decide on convict’s early release’

    Kolkata: In the 2003 murder of two traders by Amjad, popularly known as the ‘butcher of Ghaziabad', and his accomplice outside a central Kolkata hotel, the Calcutta HC held that the "final" decision on his premature release lies with ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    TV screens flicker, phones buzz as Kol’s ‘Mini Bangladesh’ follows poll updates

    Kolkata: On Thursday afternoon, the television sets inside guesthouses and hotels along Marquis Street were tuned not to Bengali soaps or cricket matches, but to live election coverage from Bangladesh.Tourists stood outside tea shops and stores, scrolling through news ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    NGT hears plea against EKW encroachment

    Kolkata: A green activist has filed an application before the Eastern Bench of NGT, alleging illegal filling, conversion, and commercial exploitation of wetlands in Karimpur Mouza in South 24 Parganas. The wetlands, part of the sprawling EKW, is a ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Air India to adjust Rs25L interim payout against final settlement

    Kolkata: Air India will pay an additional Rs 10 lakh to families of victims whose final compensation works out to Rs 25 lakh or less. But the payout will happen only after the families sign a final settlement document, ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Energy transition hub launched to support coal-dependent eastern, NE states

    Kolkata: The Energy Transition Hub for the Eastern and Northeastern States (Ethens), a joint initiative of The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) and the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), was launched in Kolkata on Thursday to support coal-dependent regions as ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata sees 239% YoY rise in GCC leases: Report

    Kolkata: The city saw a 239% year-on-year growth in global capability centre (GCC) gross leasing volume (GLV) to 0.5 million sqft (5 lakh sqft) in 2025 up from 0.1 million MSF (1.5 lakh sqft) in 2024, according to Cushman ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Kabir takes out curtailed 22-km ‘Babri Yatra’

    Kolkata: Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir on Thursday took out a curtailed ‘Babri Yatra' from Palashi to Rejinagar. Kabir, who founded the Janata Unnayan Party after his suspension from Trinamool, has already started the construction of a ‘Babri Masjid' in ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Nurse found dead in Kanksa, family alleges murder

    Kanksa: A 24-year-old nurse was found dead on the ground floor of a multi-storeyed residential building in the Gopalpur area of Kanksa, West Burdwan district, on Wednesday night.Preliminary findings suggest the victim, Mandira Pal, fell from the eighth floor ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Bail for Nadia man who donated mom’s eyes

    Krishnanagar: In a significant turn in the controversy surrounding Amir Chand Sheikh's donation of his mother's eyes following her death, a local court in Nadia granted bail to Sheikh and four others of his family on Thursday.The judicial magistrate ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    NRS docs remove 2-cm seed lodged in 13-year-old’s airway

    Kolkata: In a swift, life-saving intervention, doctors from the department of pulmonary medicine at NRS Hospital removed a large seed — about 2 cm in size — lodged in the airway of a 13-year-old girl, restoring her breathing.The teenager ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    After max, min temp starts rising

    Kolkata: On Thursday, the maximum temperature dipped slightly, while the minimum temperature climbed in Kolkata. Met officials said that, apart from minor fluctuations, the mercury will continue to hover around the normal mark for at least the next one ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Travel now, post later: Kerala eyes Bengal for tourism boost

    Kolkata: Riding on a 10% rise in tourist inflow from Bengal last year, the tourism board of Kerala is intensifying its outreach in Kolkata and Bengal, positioning the state as a destination for mindful, experience-led travel under a new ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Awami League leaders in exile track B’desh polls from 2nd home in Kol

    Kolkata: Awami League leaders in exile in Kolkata, who spent sleepless nights over the past couple of days, heaved a sigh of relief after the election trends started coming in by Thursday evening. While they claimed that "real voter ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Police probe theft, vandalism and abuse at Chitpore computer centre

    Kolkata: A group of outsiders broke into a computer training centre in Chitpore and stole items from the institute, prompting police to register a case and launch a probe. The owner, a resident of Northern Avenue, also alleged that ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    HS: Stir over fewer classes, less prep time

    Kolkata: The fourth-semester Higher Secondary (HS) examinations began on Monday amid protests from students and parents over what they described as inadequate preparation time and fewer classroom sessions under the new semester system.The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Trial run starts on VIP Road Bailey bridge

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar traffic police has started conducting trial-run on the newly-constructed Bailey bridge connecting Salt Lake with VIP Road near Dakshindari before its formal opening. The trial-run will continue for a couple of days. On Thursday, traffic cops ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Can’t quash criminal cases on whims: HC

    Kolkata: The court cannot quash criminal cases on "whims and caprice", it can only be done in "rarest of rare cases", the Calcutta High Court held on Wednesday while refusing to quash a criminal case against a man accused ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Digha temple boom: E-auction keeps base price a notch below 20 cr/acre

    Kolkata: Less than a year after the inauguration of Jagannath Dham in Digha, which led to an unprecedented economic surge, the state govt is now on fast-track plans for further commercial expansion—more hotels and commercial establishments—at the seaside town.According ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Health body asks KP for dowry-arrest report

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishments Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) sought a detailed report from the Kolkata Police commissioner on a case in which a man was detained and later arrested while his wife was critical in hospital.According to a ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Teacher takes pic of paper, suspended

    Kolkata: A life science teacher from Mathurapur BSS High School in Malda was suspended by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on Thursday for clicking photograph of the question paper of Madhyamik examination using a mobile phone ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    145-year-old DHR gets first woman ticket collector

    Siliguri: Sarita Yolmo (55) made history by becoming the first woman senior commercial-cum-ticket collector (CTC) to serve on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR)—an Unesco-recognised world heritage site—in its 145 years of service. A resident of Sonada and currently living ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Indo-Bangla border set to open today after first election-day shutdown

    Bongaon: Petrapole wore an unfamiliar look on Thursday morning. The usually busy Indo-Bangla land border — a corridor that hums daily with the rumble of buses, the clang of truck gates and the chatter of travellers — lay deserted ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Unmapped voters: 72 hours before deadline, EC scraps morning notices

    Kolkata: Unmapped voters across the state are set to have a last chance to submit documents before Saturday hearing deadline. But, 72 hours before the deadline, confusion prevails over the same.The problem arose on Thursday morning with BLOs of ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Certs before birth, sibling age diff a month: ‘Super-checking’ throws up anomalies

    Kolkata: Observers identified several anomalies, such as siblings' age differences of less than 1 month and birth certificates issued before the date of birth, among others, while super-checking the uploaded data and documents of the electors in the ongoing ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    EC meet likely today on poll readiness

    Kolkata: The Election Commission is likely to hold a virtual meeting with its Bengal counterparts on Friday to formally set the ball rolling for the 2026 assembly polls.Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal will also meet DEOs, SPs, police commissioners and ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Green activist files NGT plea over illegal wetland conversion in East Kolkata Wetlands

    KOLKATA: An application has been filed before the Eastern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), alleging illegal filling, conversion, and commercial exploitation of wetlands in Karimpur Mouza under Narendrapur Police Station in South 24 Parganas. The wetlands, part ...

    13 February 2026 Times of India
    Madhyamik ends today with optional papers

    Kolkata: With life science paper on Wednesday, major papers of Madhyamik ended with only optional papers left for Thursday, the last day of the state board Class X exam.The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education has over the past ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Believe it or not: Truffles were served at an Indian durbar in 1897

    Imagine being invited to dinner in India in 1897 and being handed a menu that reads like a Paris hotel flex. Historian Neha Vermani uncovered a royal card from the Maharaja of Baroda’s banquet for the Maharaja Scindia of ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Man impersonates doc to scam clinics, labs

    Kolkata: An imposter has allegedly been duping several people of cash by identifying himself as ENT and head and neck onco surgeon. On Wednesday, two days after the doctor, Indranil Chatterjee, lodged a police complaint, the man tried the ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Madhyamik ends today with optional papers

    Kolkata: With life science paper on Wednesday, major papers of Madhyamik ended with only optional papers left for Thursday, the last day of the state board Class X exam.The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education has over the past ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    3 held for attacking BJP MLA’s car

    Kolkata: Police on Wednesday arrested three persons in connection with the vandalism of a vehicle carrying BJP Bongaon North MLA Ashoke Kirtaniya's family at Beldanga near Gopalnagar in North 24-Parganas on Tuesday evening.Acting on a complaint lodged by the ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Muslims form bulk of SIR ‘logical discrepancy’ in south Kolkata seats, says study

    KOLKATA: A study of EC’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has found that Muslim voters form a disproportionately large share of those flagged under the “logical discrepancy” category in two politically significant assembly constituencies in south Kolkata, ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    US firm eyes Bengal startup JVs for AI-led transformation

    Kolkata: Publicis Sapient, which recently opened its first eastern India office in Kolkata, is eyeing joint ventures with local startups to drive AI-led digital transformation and enter Bengal's global capability centre (GCC) sector through similar tie-ups.Sanjay Menon, managing director ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Vivriti Asset Mgmt starts investment talks with Kol QSR chain

    Kolkata: Vivriti Asset Management, one of the country's leading mid-market private credit-focused asset management firms, has initiated discussions with a city-based QSR chain for investment. It is also in talks with a local FMCG and steel company for investment.Vivriti ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal unemployment rate below national avg

    Kolkata: Bengal has the fifth lowest unemployment rate (UR) in the country at 3.6%, well below the national average of 4.8%, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for Oct-Dec 2025 released by the Centre on Tuesday. Only ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Vande norms: Trinamool slams bid to pit Bankim against Tagore

    Kolkata: With Centre issuing official protocol for the rendition of ‘Vande Mataram', a political war of words has been triggered in Bengal, the birthplace of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, who penned the national song. While Trinamool said it would resist ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Bidhannagar Police to have more cams, cops on VIP Rd, Biswa Bangla Sarani for smooth traffic

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Police, led by commissioner Murlidhar Sharma, will add automatic number plate recognition cameras and speed cameras on VIP Road and Biswa Bangla Sarani in the next six months. All senior police officers, including ICs of traffic ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    CISCE launches portal to map and pay ICSE and ISC invigilators

    Kolkata: CISCE will monitor all its ICSE and ISC invigilators—right from deployment to duty—through new portal, ‘Integrated Payment System', which will be launched on Thursday. The CISCE Class XII exams or ISC will start on Thursday, while the Class ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    EC receives list of 78 high-rises for polling booths

    Kolkata: The EC has received a list of 78 high-rises, sent from the Bengal chief electoral officer's office, for setting up polling booths in the Assembly elections in the state."While rationalisation of polling stations, the commission will consider the ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Second marriage plaint: Hiran gets pre-arrest bail

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to actor and BJP MLA Hiranmoy Chattopadhyay, popularly known as Hiran, in a complaint filed by his wife for allegedly "illegally" getting married for the second time. Justice Jay ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    JU to hold ICC student representative elections in March

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University will hold elections for a students' representative in the internal complaints committee (ICC) between the second and third week of March.The ICC handles sexual harassment complaints and other forms of discrimination at workplaces. A JU official ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    HC seeks state affidavit on encroachment at Ananda Marga school

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court's Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench on Monday directed Bengal to file an affidavit stating that alleged encroachers had been removed from Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha's primary school in Cooch Behar, after the Samgha denied the state's ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    TMC-BJP war of words as Kabir starts building his ‘Babri masjid’

    Rejinagar/Kolkata: Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir, recently suspended from Trinamool, began the construction of the much-hyped ‘Babri Masjid-style' mosque in Murshidabad, prompting a war of words between TMC and BJP. Kabir, who recently floated the Janata Unnayan Party, announced that ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Fake chat’ posted on X: Bengal, Noida cops trade charges over accused ‘escape’

    Kolkata/Noida: Bengal police alleged on Wednesday a man they had detained in Noida for posting allegedly fake chats attributed to TMC MP Mahua Moitra on social media escaped due to political interference at a local police station. Noida cops ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Ahmedabad plane crash: Air India wants liability waiver, offers cash settlement

    KOLKATA: Air India is offering final monetary settlements to the families of those killed or injured in the Ahmedabad air crash in exchange for liability waivers for the airline, the aircraft and engine and electrical systems manufacturers, the Union ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Bengal spending only on dole, lagging on capex: Union minister

    Kolkata: Union minister Bhupendra Yadav on Wednesday said the Bengal govt was "constantly taking loans for capital expenditure" and did not have a concept of income."It (the state govt) has mortgaged the future of Bengal," Yadav said, adding that ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Adarsh Sir’ cannot be a caste slur even if said sarcastically: HC

    Kolkata: Calling someone ‘Adarsha Sir', even if sarcastically, is not an offence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, the Calcutta High Court held on Wednesday, quashing a complaint against Sanskrit College and University's ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Duped 78-yr-old man seeks return of 4.8cr

    Kolkata: A 78-year-old resident of Salt Lake's HA Block has alleged he lost a large sum of money in an investment fraud between Oct 31, 2025 and Jan 2026. Though the FIR mentions he lost Rs 51.7 lakh, the ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    After nearly 3 months, city max temp approaches 30°C

    Kolkata: The maximum temperature in the city is inching towards 30°C after a gap of nearly three months. On Wednesday, the Alipore Met office recorded a maximum temperature of 29.2°C, the highest since Nov 22 last year. Met officials ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Bangladeshis in Kolkata on med visa keep an eye on elections back home

    Kolkata: With Bangladesh set to vote on Thursday in a crucial national election following political turmoil in June 2024, many Bangladeshi nationals currently in Kolkata on medical visa will be unable to return home to cast their ballots. Though ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Roses, chocolates, teddies: Commerce weds love ahead of Valentine’s Day

    Kolkata: There has been a sharp surge in the sale of flowers, gifts, soft toys, cakes and chocolates during the ongoing Valentine's Week celebrations that kicked off last Saturday. Popular food outlets across the city have receiving heavy pre-bookings ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Forum seeks Unesco tag for Vedic maths

    Kolkata: Kolkata-based Vedic Maths Forum, an institution that promotes Vedic mathematics, initiated a process through the Union govt to seek recognition of Vedic mathematics under Unesco's intangible cultural heritage (ICH) framework. The process started primarily after scrutiny by the ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Creativity & innovation at 3-day biennial school exhibition

    Kolkata: The biennial exhibition of South Point School and South Point High School was held on Jan 20, 21 and 22 at the South Point School premises and was inaugurated by artist Parag Roy on Jan 20. Open to ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Man files 20L theft plaint against help

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police registered a theft case against a house help, after a gold necklace worth Rs 20 lakh, was allegedly stolen from a trader's residence at South City Garden complex on BL Saha Road in Behala. The FIR ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Second marriage plaint: Hiran gets pre-arrest bail

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to actor and BJP MLA Hiranmoy Chattopadhyaya in a complaint filed by his wife for allegedly "illegally" getting married for a second time.Justice Jay Sengupta, however, directed him to appear ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Nurse betrays family during bereavement

    Kolkata: A 20-year-old nurse, Trisha Paul, whose service was terminated due to absenteeism by an ailing couple, aged 82 and 76, residing in Behala, visited the house days after her dismissal on the pretext of enquiring about "Dadu's" health. ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    New Mkt clock springs back to life after repairs

    Kolkata: As the clock hands turned to 3.45 in the afternoon, the bells rang out in unison, first the quarterly chime and then the five dongs. For those who had heard the bells of the century-old clock toll before ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Nurse’s betrayal during bereavement

    Kolkata: A 20-year-old nurse, Trisha Paul, whose service was terminated due to absenteeism by an ailing elderly couple, Nikhil Das (82) and Shilpi (76), residing in Behala, visited the house days after her dismissal on the pretext of enquiring ...

    12 February 2026 Times of India
    Senior citizen clicks on fake link, loses 1.6L

    Kolkata: A 62-year-old New Town resident was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.6 lakh by fraudsters after her cellphone was compromised through a fraudulent credit card advertisement link on social media, police said.The victim lodged a complaint at Bidhannagar Cyber ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Final Bengal voters’ list on Feb 28, hearings end Feb 14

    Kolkata: Election Commission on Tuesday pushed back the publication of Bengal's final voters' list to Feb 28, extending the state's SIR schedule by 14 days. Within 24 hours, two Senior Deputy Election Commissioners — Gyanesh Bharti and Maneesh Garg ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    SUV carrying BJP MLAs’ kin attacked in Gopalnagar

    Kolkata: An SUV belonging to BJP's Bongaon North MLA Ashok Kirtania was vandalised on Tuesday evening at North 24 Parganas' Gopalnagar, with the MLA alleging that TMC workers were behind the attack. Family members of Kirtania and those of ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    JMB associate gets 8 years for 2018 sabotage bid

    Kolkata: A court on Monday sentenced Dilbar Hossain, an alleged close associate of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorist Jahidul Islam Mizan alias ‘Boma Mizan', to eight years of rigorous imprisonment after he pleaded guilty in a 2018 case linked to ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    ED arrests two in 170cr illegal coal mining case

    Kolkata: The ED on Tuesday arrested two people — Chinmay Mandal and Kiran Khan — for their alleged role in illegal extraction of coal, its transportation, and extorting legal collieries in the Asansol-Durgapur belt. The agency has traced Rs ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    I-T dept busts crypto laundering racket

    Kolkata: The Income Tax Department, probing a racket that converted illicit money into cryptocurrency, carried out searches at 20 locations across Kolkata, Siliguri, Nashik and Gurugram. Officials detected "hundreds of crores" parked in cryptocurrencies and other virtual digital assets, ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Clerical error’: Police clarifies move against X users after BJP protest

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police on Tuesday issued a clarification after BJP alleged misuse of police powers in seeking personal details of X users who had demanded the arrest of a BDO in connection with the murder of a Salt Lake ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Crooks dupe MTech student of 31.6 lakh

    Kolkata: An MTech student of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, alleged he was cheated of Rs 31.6 lakh in an investment fraud after being lured through WhatsApp into a fake stock trading platform.The complainant, a Rajarhat resident, approached Bidhannagar ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Former ONGC employee robbed of 8L

    Kolkata: A retired ONGC employee lodged a complaint of an alleged online fraud of Rs 8,10,001 after he was induced to download and fill up a form bearing an ONGC logo by a ‘current employee' of ONGC.The victim alleged ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Tea Board makes import quality tests a must from May 1

    Kolkata: To check the rampant import of tea, the Tea Board has directed that starting May 1, all import consignments of tea will be mandatorily tested to ensure quality. This will be done in accordance with standard operating procedure ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Orange Line in trouble after cops say no to traffic block at airport exit

    Kolkata: The city's Orange Line has hit a fresh hurdle, with Bidhannagar Police not granting sanction to the traffic diversion plan at the airport exit point to facilitate construction of the last 135-m leg of the link to the ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Yuva Sathi will roll out on Apr 1 instead of Aug 15

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt would roll out Yuva Sathi scheme from April 1, instead of Aug 15, chief minister Mamata Banerjee told reporters on Tuesday.The scheme, proposed in the vote-on-account, allows for Rs 1,500 direct cash transfer to unemployed ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Morning fire at Treasury Building, no casualty

    Kolkata: A fire broke out in the forest department's office on the fourth floor of Treasury Building in Alipore on Tuesday morning. No casualty was reported and no document was damaged. The office was empty at the time of ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Police stations get ramps for sr citizens, disabled

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has started building ramps at all its police stations in the city to facilitate better access for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, following directions from the police commissioner Supratim Sarkar."Ramps are to be built at ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Smart scarecrows’ in Sundarbans to shield villages from straying tigers

    Kolkata: After nylon nets, solar lights and AI cameras, ‘smart scarecrows' have come to the Sundarbans to keep straying tigers at bay and check human-animal conflict.In 2024, there were at least 15 cases of tigers straying from the South ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    ‘Arrest may hit organ donation movement’

    Kolkata: The arrest of a schoolteacher in Nadia for allegedly selling his deceased mother's donated cornea sparked fear that such an action could hamper the pace of organ and tissue donation in Bengal. Voluntary grouos and doctors' bodies demanded ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek harps on ‘Two Indias’, one of which ‘brands you on food & language’

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday launched a sweeping and emotive attack on the BJP-led Union govt during the Lok Sabha discussion on the Union Budget, accusing it of institutionalising inequality, weakening federalism and deepening what he ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Row over micro-observers continues, some report to work but EC ‘yet to get list’

    Kolkata: The confusion over micro-observers continued on Tuesday, with the Bengal CEO's office claiming that they did not receive any formal list of 8,505 Group-B officers from the state. The EC also said details of those officers sought from ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
    Hawkers gobble up even Grand pedestrian channel

    Kolkata: After gobbling up Bertram Street and Humayun Place, a section of hawkers have shifted focus on a portion of Jawaharlal Nehru Road (in front of Oberoi Grand) that has been barricaded by cops for pedestrian movement. According to ...

    11 February 2026 Times of India
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